The King of Summer Side Dishes Never Lives Up to the Hype. Unless You Make It This Way.

Food The Secret to Potato Salad With Real Flavor It’s not what you mix in that makes the difference. Aug 04, 202610:00 AM Photo illustraation by Slate. Photos by Sviatlana Zhornava/iStock/Getty Images Plus, MSPhotographic/Getty Images Plus, MurzikNata/iStock/Getty Images Plus, Hazal Ak/Getty Images Plus, and urfinguss/Getty Images Plus. Recipe for Disaster is Slate’s column about the things recipes get wrong—and how to fix them. If you’ve noticed a recipe annoyance, absurdity, or outright lie, file your complaint here and we will investigate! People love to argue this time of year about what should go into potato salad, but I’m here to tell you it’s a foolish debate. The issue isn’t mustard versus mayo. It’s not even Hellmann’s versus Duke’s. Celery, hard-boiled egg, pickles, onion, paprik